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Writing Academic Papers for Law School

Academic legal writing is different from regular, or practitioner, legal writing. This guide was created as a resource to help law students learn the nuances of academic writing and to assist with their Substantial Writing and other papers for law school

Research Consultation

Email a law librarian to schedule a research consultation.

Further Reading

Chapter 3 in Scholarly Writing: Ideas, Examples, and Execution

Chapter IX in Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review

Chapter 4 in Elizabeth Fajans & Mary R. Falk, Scholarly Writing for Law Students (5th ed. 2017)

Shawn G. Nevers, Thorough Academic Legal Research Will Improve Your Papers, 38 Stud. Law., Oct. 2009, at 8 (link on HeinOnline).